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Financing

Newsela Raises $100M to Challenge K-12 Textbook Publishers, Eyes Acquisitions

Feb 26 · Tony Wan

Newsela Raises $100M to Challenge K-12 Textbook Publishers, Eyes Acquisitions

Financing

Newsela Raises $100M to Challenge K-12 Textbook Publishers, Eyes Acquisitions

Feb 26

Newsela Raises $100M to Challenge K-12 Textbook Publishers, Eyes Acquisitions

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Picking Your Future ‘Classroom’ Will Shape How Students Learn

Feb 25 · Betsy Corcoran

Picking Your Future ‘Classroom’ Will Shape How Students Learn

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Picking Your Future ‘Classroom’ Will Shape How Students Learn

Feb 25

Picking Your Future ‘Classroom’ Will Shape How Students Learn

Financing

Codecademy, an Early (and Now Profitable) Pioneer of Coding Education, Raises $40M in New Funding

Feb 23 · Simon Campbell

Codecademy, an Early (and Now Profitable) Pioneer of Coding Education, Raises $40M in New Funding

Financing

Codecademy, an Early (and Now Profitable) Pioneer of Coding Education, Raises $40M in New Funding

Feb 23

Codecademy, an Early (and Now Profitable) Pioneer of Coding Education, Raises $40M in New Funding

Mergers and Acquisitions

Hobsons’ Higher Ed Business Split and Sold in Separate Deals Totaling $410M

Feb 20 · Tony Wan

Hobsons’ Higher Ed Business Split and Sold in Separate Deals Totaling $410M

Mergers and Acquisitions

Hobsons’ Higher Ed Business Split and Sold in Separate Deals Totaling $410M

Feb 20

Hobsons’ Higher Ed Business Split and Sold in Separate Deals Totaling $410M

Mergers and Acquisitions

Renaissance Learning to Acquire Nearpod in Blockbuster $650M All-Cash Deal

Feb 19 · Tony Wan

Renaissance Learning to Acquire Nearpod in Blockbuster $650M All-Cash Deal

Mergers and Acquisitions

Renaissance Learning to Acquire Nearpod in Blockbuster $650M All-Cash Deal

Feb 19

Renaissance Learning to Acquire Nearpod in Blockbuster $650M All-Cash Deal

Financing

Interplay Raises $18M to Build a Lynda.com for Essential Skilled Trades

Feb 17 · Tony Wan

Interplay Raises $18M to Build a Lynda.com for Essential Skilled Trades

Financing

Interplay Raises $18M to Build a Lynda.com for Essential Skilled Trades

Feb 17

Interplay Raises $18M to Build a Lynda.com for Essential Skilled Trades

Mergers and Acquisitions

Instructure to Sell Bridge for $50M and Exit Corporate Learning Market

Feb 16 · Tony Wan

Instructure to Sell Bridge for $50M and Exit Corporate Learning Market

Mergers and Acquisitions

Instructure to Sell Bridge for $50M and Exit Corporate Learning Market

Feb 16

Instructure to Sell Bridge for $50M and Exit Corporate Learning Market

Investors

Longtime Edtech Investor Reach Capital Raises $165M for Third Fund

Feb 11 · Tony Wan

Longtime Edtech Investor Reach Capital Raises $165M for Third Fund

Investors

Longtime Edtech Investor Reach Capital Raises $165M for Third Fund

Feb 11

Longtime Edtech Investor Reach Capital Raises $165M for Third Fund

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Remote Learning Is Here to Stay, Raising Concerns About Teacher Training and Data Privacy

Feb 9 · Frank Catalano

Remote Learning Is Here to Stay, Raising Concerns About Teacher Training and Data Privacy

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Remote Learning Is Here to Stay, Raising Concerns About Teacher Training and Data Privacy

Feb 9

Remote Learning Is Here to Stay, Raising Concerns About Teacher Training and Data Privacy

Financing

Digital Courseware Provider Top Hat Gets $130M and a New CEO

Feb 4 · Tony Wan

Digital Courseware Provider Top Hat Gets $130M and a New CEO

Financing

Digital Courseware Provider Top Hat Gets $130M and a New CEO

Feb 4

Digital Courseware Provider Top Hat Gets $130M and a New CEO

Financing

Varsity Tutors to Go Public at $1.7B Valuation Through SPAC Acquisition

Feb 1 · Tony Wan

Varsity Tutors to Go Public at $1.7B Valuation Through SPAC Acquisition

Financing

Varsity Tutors to Go Public at $1.7B Valuation Through SPAC Acquisition

Feb 1

Varsity Tutors to Go Public at $1.7B Valuation Through SPAC Acquisition

Financing

Public Edtech Companies Have Been Rare. These SPACs Will Change That.

Jan 27 · Tony Wan

Public Edtech Companies Have Been Rare. These SPACs Will Change That.

Financing

Public Edtech Companies Have Been Rare. These SPACs Will Change That.

Jan 27

Public Edtech Companies Have Been Rare. These SPACs Will Change That.

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Pandemic Spurs Changes in the Edtech Schools Use, From the Classroom to the Admin Office

Jan 26 · Frank Catalano

Pandemic Spurs Changes in the Edtech Schools Use, From the Classroom to the Admin Office

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Pandemic Spurs Changes in the Edtech Schools Use, From the Classroom to the Admin Office

Jan 26

Pandemic Spurs Changes in the Edtech Schools Use, From the Classroom to the Admin Office

Financing

Former Pearson, edX Exec Raises $7.5M to Build AI-Powered Digital Courseware

Jan 26 · Simon Campbell

Former Pearson, edX Exec Raises $7.5M to Build AI-Powered Digital Courseware

Financing

Former Pearson, edX Exec Raises $7.5M to Build AI-Powered Digital Courseware

Jan 26

Former Pearson, edX Exec Raises $7.5M to Build AI-Powered Digital Courseware

Opinion

What Running an SEL Startup Taught Me About Raising Money as a Female Founder

Jan 25 · Katie Dorn

What Running an SEL Startup Taught Me About Raising Money as a Female Founder

Opinion

What Running an SEL Startup Taught Me About Raising Money as a Female Founder

Jan 25

What Running an SEL Startup Taught Me About Raising Money as a Female Founder

Opinion

Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.

Jan 21 · Dominik Dresel

Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.

Opinion

Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.

Jan 21

Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.

Financing

How a $40M Investment Aims to ‘Mainstream and Modernize’ Montessori Education

Jan 20 · Tony Wan

How a $40M Investment Aims to ‘Mainstream and Modernize’ Montessori Education

Financing

How a $40M Investment Aims to ‘Mainstream and Modernize’ Montessori Education

Jan 20

How a $40M Investment Aims to ‘Mainstream and Modernize’ Montessori Education

Opinion

The Lessons Learned Online That Will Shape Education After the Pandemic

Jan 19 · Danielle Rose

The Lessons Learned Online That Will Shape Education After the Pandemic

Opinion

The Lessons Learned Online That Will Shape Education After the Pandemic

Jan 19

The Lessons Learned Online That Will Shape Education After the Pandemic

Mergers and Acquisitions

The Edtech Company Formerly Known as AltSchool Sold Its Tech. So What’s Left?

Jan 15 · Tony Wan

The Edtech Company Formerly Known as AltSchool Sold Its Tech. So What’s Left?

Mergers and Acquisitions

The Edtech Company Formerly Known as AltSchool Sold Its Tech. So What’s Left?

Jan 15

The Edtech Company Formerly Known as AltSchool Sold Its Tech. So What’s Left?

Financing

A Record Year Amid a Pandemic: US Edtech Raises $2.2 Billion in 2020

Jan 13 · Tony Wan

A Record Year Amid a Pandemic: US Edtech Raises $2.2 Billion in 2020

Financing

A Record Year Amid a Pandemic: US Edtech Raises $2.2 Billion in 2020

Jan 13

A Record Year Amid a Pandemic: US Edtech Raises $2.2 Billion in 2020

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Surveys Find Districts Are Using More Edtech Tools — and Teachers Are Bearing the Costs

Jan 11 · Frank Catalano

Surveys Find Districts Are Using More Edtech Tools — and Teachers Are Bearing the Costs

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Surveys Find Districts Are Using More Edtech Tools — and Teachers Are Bearing the Costs

Jan 11

Surveys Find Districts Are Using More Edtech Tools — and Teachers Are Bearing the Costs

Coronavirus

EdSurge Reflects On a Year of Pandemic-Era Education Journalism

Jan 1 · Jeffrey R. Young

EdSurge Reflects On a Year of Pandemic-Era Education Journalism

Coronavirus

EdSurge Reflects On a Year of Pandemic-Era Education Journalism

Jan 1

EdSurge Reflects On a Year of Pandemic-Era Education Journalism

Market Trends

Crises and Capital: The Top Edtech Business Stories of 2020

Dec 30, 2020 · Tony Wan

Crises and Capital: The Top Edtech Business Stories of 2020

Market Trends

Crises and Capital: The Top Edtech Business Stories of 2020

Dec 30, 2020

Crises and Capital: The Top Edtech Business Stories of 2020

Opinion

2020: The Year Of the Edtech Paradox

Dec 21, 2020 · Isabelle Hau

2020: The Year Of the Edtech Paradox

Opinion

2020: The Year Of the Edtech Paradox

Dec 21, 2020

2020: The Year Of the Edtech Paradox

Financing

Aceable Drives Its Way Into Other Training Industries — and $50M in Funding

Dec 17, 2020 · Tony Wan

Aceable Drives Its Way Into Other Training Industries — and $50M in Funding

Financing

Aceable Drives Its Way Into Other Training Industries — and $50M in Funding

Dec 17, 2020

Aceable Drives Its Way Into Other Training Industries — and $50M in Funding

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Learning Loss Is Everywhere. But How Do the Reports Compare?

Dec 14, 2020 · Frank Catalano

Learning Loss Is Everywhere. But How Do the Reports Compare?

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Learning Loss Is Everywhere. But How Do the Reports Compare?

Dec 14, 2020

Learning Loss Is Everywhere. But How Do the Reports Compare?

Mergers and Acquisitions

Pluralsight, Vista Equity Partners Agree to $3.5 Billion Acquisition Deal

Dec 13, 2020 · Tony Wan

Pluralsight, Vista Equity Partners Agree to $3.5 Billion Acquisition Deal

Mergers and Acquisitions

Pluralsight, Vista Equity Partners Agree to $3.5 Billion Acquisition Deal

Dec 13, 2020

Pluralsight, Vista Equity Partners Agree to $3.5 Billion Acquisition Deal

Financing

Karma Is a $10M Series A for This Startup That Helps Learners Break Into Tech

Dec 9, 2020 · Simon Campbell

Karma Is a $10M Series A for This Startup That Helps Learners Break Into Tech

Financing

Karma Is a $10M Series A for This Startup That Helps Learners Break Into Tech

Dec 9, 2020

Karma Is a $10M Series A for This Startup That Helps Learners Break Into Tech

Policy & Government

Automated Proctors Watch Students. Now Senators Are Watching These Companies.

Dec 8, 2020 · Tony Wan

Automated Proctors Watch Students. Now Senators Are Watching These Companies.

Policy & Government

Automated Proctors Watch Students. Now Senators Are Watching These Companies.

Dec 8, 2020

Automated Proctors Watch Students. Now Senators Are Watching These Companies.

Investors

New U Venture Partners Gets a New Partner, Name and Investment Scope

Dec 7, 2020 · Tony Wan

New U Venture Partners Gets a New Partner, Name and Investment Scope

Investors

New U Venture Partners Gets a New Partner, Name and Investment Scope

Dec 7, 2020

New U Venture Partners Gets a New Partner, Name and Investment Scope

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